Living Words

1 Peter 1:23

For you have been born again.  Your new life did

not come from your earthly parents because the

life they gave you will end in death.  But this new

life will last forever because it comes from the eternal,

Living Word of God.  (NLT)

     Unless you are born again in Christ Jesus you will die two deaths—the first, when your human body dies, and the second, when you stand before the Lord on Judgment Day.  The first death is the death of your mortal body and the second death is eternal condemnation forever separated from God.  Without the blood covering of Jesus, you will be reunited with your physical body to be judged and thrown into the Lake of Fire that burns eternally.  God created us as physical and spiritual beings and both will remain forever. When our physical body expires to this life, our spirit is either transported to the existing Heaven to be with the Lord for eternity, or it's put into the pits of Hell to await its eternal destination. And on the final Day of Judgment, our spirits and bodies will be reunited to be rewarded or condemned. 

     So what must a person do in order to escape the eternal condemnation of the second death which is hell bound?  And how can one receive this new life that will last forever?  The answers are simple and true.  You must first admit your need for a Savior and accept the blood of Jesus as your cleansing, then surrender your life to the will and control of Christ, nailing your old life of sin and rebellion to the Cross, and be born again in Truth and Spirit.  The Lord will then transform your godless life into a righteous life that is Christ like.  The difference between an old life of sin and a new life in Christ is like night and day.  Once you walked in the darkness of this evil world, following its wicked ways of pleasing the flesh.  But now you walk in the Light of the Living God, knowing right from wrong, good from bad, and living and loving like Jesus.  It would be wise, my friend, to put your old life to death and choose the new life of living in the Light of God and escape the eternal darkness of the second death, that comes with keeping your old life of sin.

                               A Whisper of Hope 

Come out of the darkness, child…and into My Light and you will see the Truth that will save your eternal life.  And once you see the difference, it will change your life forever.  You will never again fear the darkness that would have swallowed you up forever.  You will be free indeed!

2 Corinthians 5:17

What this means is that those who become Christians

become new persons.  They are not the same anymore,

for the old life is gone.  A new life has begun!  (NLT)

           “Look, I am making all things new!”

                   (Revelation 21:5)